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[nickb123]

Hey guys quick question, does anyone know if you can get slimeys and yakkas in ppb? i normally get them in wp but don't really wanna travel that far just to get some bait? I've never caught them in ppb myself

[sloth]

I caught a yakka in docklands. So they are in ppb and the estuary. Only caught the one though !

[bowl]

caught 2 slimeys boat based ,thats it for me

[mazman]

supposedly a few down the pensisula. never caught one myself

[midis]

Caught a couple of slimies off point cook a couple of months ago.
I'm not sure where you could get them consistently but if I had to guesse
I'd say you would have more success fishing suthern ppb.


Good luck
John

[slinga]

Ever been sounding along and seen a big blob on the sounder??

Generally in the bottom 3rd of the water column. Thats a bait school, quite often Yakkas. Berley hard using Sabiki rigs or tiny bits of Pillie and you will catch them. They tend to hang around structure in 6-15m of water.

[Scraglor]

Ever been sounding along and seen a big blob on the sounder??

Generally in the bottom 3rd of the water column. Thats a bait school, quite often Yakkas. Berley hard using Sabiki rigs or tiny bits of Pillie and you will catch them. They tend to hang around structure in 6-15m of water.

Would love to get the hang of this. I enjoy catching bait fish almost as much as anything else. Am yet to have any luck catching baitfish in PPB. Might give it a crack next time I am out and about.

[nickb123]

thanks for the info guys i normally use tiny bits of pilly and sabiki rigs and i get either little pinky or flatty lol. wp is easy you just berley up and they are there within the first 5 mins!! but i find ppb is very hard to figure out where they are i'll keep trying though!!

[blacklab99]

Ever been sounding along and seen a big blob on the sounder??

Generally in the bottom 3rd of the water column. Thats a bait school, quite often Yakkas. Berley hard using Sabiki rigs or tiny bits of Pillie and you will catch them. They tend to hang around structure in 6-15m of water.

great advice slinga


col

[CanuckDownUnder]

Only time I've caught slimeys in PPB was on a charter, we had bad luck and only a few snapper and flatties through the whole boat so slimeys were a bit of relief for the captain and crew.

Simple technique - little bit of pilly on a 1/0 hook, only about 3m down. I'd say we were about 1km out from St Kilda pier.